shipbuilder Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Apologies if already posted - Mega boom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Crunching everything from fertility rates to schooling levels and the rule of law, HSBC predicts that the world's economic output will triple again by 2050, provided the major states can avoid conflict - trade wars, or worse - and defeat the Malthusian threat of food and water limits. In other news, I can leap to the moon, as long as I can avoid gravity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepista Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yesterday it took me 15 minutes to run a mile. Today it took me 10 minutes. I predict that in a couple of days, I will be able to travel 1 mile instantaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicestersq Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yesterday it took me 15 minutes to run a mile. Today it took me 10 minutes. I predict that in a couple of days, I will be able to travel 1 mile instantaneously. Well I have managed to get the time to travel 1 mile down to 1/80th of a second. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080919114725AA1oied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Do they mean "Inflation" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Apologies if already posted - Mega boom I believe that the correct term is 'crack up boom' and it's unlikely to last until 2050.... Would you like to learn more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicestersq Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Am I right in thinking that HSBC have big interests in all the countries that they say are going to do well, and little or no interest in the countries that they see shrinking? Just saying like, dont read anything into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantnrave Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 With the one child policy in place, isn't China likely to get old before it gets rich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbedee Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 In other news, I can leap to the moon, as long as I can avoid gravity. I just read that story on yahoo and thought it was a wind up, so as long as there are no wars, food, fuel and water are miraculously pumped from nowhere and we close our eyes and pray really really hard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 food, fuel grows in the ground and comes from the sun and water falls from the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtomsilver Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 grows in the ground and comes from the sun falls from the sky A take on peak oil... Peak Soil. Our food requires vast amounts of fertilisers (oil derived) and pumped water to thrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbedee Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 grows in the ground and comes from the sun falls from the sky Against a rising population-that damned exponential function again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 A take on peak oil... Peak Soil. Our food requires vast amounts of fertilisers (oil derived) and pumped water to thrive. nah - fertilisers come from mineral salts or animal waste areas where pumped irrigation is necessary also tend to be sunny and solar power represents a handy option; even then most major irrigation projects make use of gravity feeding anyhow AFAIK plus, soil and crop engineering are moving in leaps and bounds (Brazil really benefitting from this) to mitigate the fertiliser and water needs of crops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ringledman_* Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 nah - fertilisers come from mineral salts or animal waste areas where pumped irrigation is necessary also tend to be sunny and solar power represents a handy option; even then most major irrigation projects make use of gravity feeding anyhow AFAIK plus, soil and crop engineering are moving in leaps and bounds (Brazil really benefitting from this) to mitigate the fertiliser and water needs of crops Si1 bring back your old profile photo! The global economy will continue to do well over the next 30 years despite all you gloom mongers. Although there will be a few commodity wars in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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